Tag Archive | Boko Haram

#PostcardsFromAfrica | Address to the National Conference on Culture and Tourism by Prof. Wole Soyinka

Apr29

April 27, 2016. THE KILLING CULTURE OF THE NEO-NOMADIC by Prof. Wole Soyinka

Prof Soyinka

Culture is closely intertwined with tourism – the former, in fact, often drives the latter. The destination uppermost in the minds of most tourists we know is – Culture. This means that both share friends and – enemies. Of the principal enemies, seeing that we find ourselves within the precincts of governance, I intend to engage your attention in this brief address to just one: Insecurity. That inability of any vacationist to let go completely, relax, submit oneself completely to the offerings of a new environment – the sounds, sights, smells, textures and taste.

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WWN™ Reflections: Baga On My Mind. #UNITEDAgainstTerrorism.

Jan9

BAGA on my mind: A year ago, more than 2000 people were killed by Terrorist group Boko Haram in Baga, North-Eastern Nigeria. This year we hear of the Dasuki arms (corruption) ‘yams-sharing’ deal. Hmmmnnn, I’d like to think that I do not wish people evil and yet when a great crime has been committed, (against innocent children, men, women, soldiers), should we not ask ask the heavens to strike all those who benefited from our common wealth?

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Week 2| WWN Reflections by @JulietKego: Boko Haram and the Danger of Apathy.

Jan14

I am Baga Juliet Kego Ume-Onyido

#IamBaga #ALLLivesMatter #Pray4Nigeria #Pray4Baga

“Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human.” ~Helen Keller

We hear of and are horrified by beheadings carried out by ISIS. Well, a couple of years back, in 1995 to be exact, we all watched in horror, albeit passively, as an Igbo man was beheaded in the city of Kano, Northern Nigeria!

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